Come and try out the theremin, a quirky nerd instrument! Except this time, it is used as game controller.

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When and Where

Hall 3 main entry, close to the lighthouse installation (MOIN Assymbly)

Opened constantly, just pass by and try it out

If you are interestet on the topic or Godot open source engine, meetings are possible.

Setup

Arduino used for pitch detection and pretending to be a usb gamepad

Theremin

U.F.O.-Game made with open source Godot engine

An old CRT, way too tiny, back and white just to make everything even more osbcure!

Contact

DECT 5557

Idea

The initial idea was to create an audio to usb adapter accepting any monophone instrument. While the pitch detection can only detect simple sinosoidal signals so far, the plan is to implement an amdf algorithm so guitars, keyboards and synthesizers can be used soon as well.

It works with any left-right movement based game, e.g. Rocket League. Since the input method is quite indirect, a simplified game has been made to fit it's characteristics. The open source, multi-platform game engine Godot has been used and shown to be quite impressive.